Well, you could spray a little WD-40 in that area and look for bubbles
(not as messy as engine oil). Do you have the compression washers on your
spark plugs? Did you torque them to spec, with clean threads (not that
I've ever done so, but I haven't had an air leak to worry about)?
Steve Shoyer had this to say:
>The bubbling looked like an air leak. Now I'm in trouble because it looks
>like the new gasket fixed the oil leak (for now), so I can't see if I've got
>an air leak.
>
>--Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Dickstein [mailto:bugide@tfs.net]
>Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:12 AM
>To: Steve Shoyer
>Cc: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
>Subject: Re: Bubbling spark plugs
>
>
>Steve Shoyer wrote:
>
>> ... I noticed that there were some bubbles coming
>> from the old oil that had collected at the base of two of the spark
>plugs...
>>
>> --Steve Shoyer (1980 MGB)
>
>Bubbling as in an air leak around the plug or bubbling from the oil boiling
>due
>to the heat of the head?
>
>
>--
>Larry Dickstein
>Lone Jack, MO
>
>Pop. 420
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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